With 77-55 Greece’s National Women’s Basketball team was defeated by France in Prague in the 2017 Eurobasket competition. Kostas Keramidas’s players, playing without stress, were not able to repeat a game with a grand victory as they had agianst ...

Greece-is.com presents Pilio’s beaches and mountain villages among the top family destinations in Greece in the following article: "Can’t decide between a beach holiday or hiking in the mountains? In Pilio you can have it all. In Mount Pilio you and ...

Hundreds of Greek activists and refugees have held a protest rally in the capital Athens against a court ruling for evacuation of several squats that provide residence to refugees and migrants. Around 700 protesters marched from the City Plaza, a major ...

Hundreds of anti-war activists participated in a demonstration organized by the All-Workers Militant Front (PAME) group in Thessaloniki on Saturday under the motto “With the Workers of All Countries for a World without Exploitation, Wars, and Refugees.”

Greece is home to the famous Caretta caretta turtle and tourists are always on the look out to encounter the beloved turtles. Yesterday morning on the Greek island of Santorini, tourists and residents who were visiting Santorini’s Kamari beach, saw a sad sight – an older Caretta caretta, injured by a boat’s propeller which cut […]

We have a nice deal on Hidden Valley Greek Yogurt Dressing. While the bottles are not on sale right now, you can still pick up big savings if you want to give the new dressing a try. Grab your coupons to get the bottles for just $1.34 each...that's a nice ...

For several months after the autumn of 2015, the sleepy village of Idomeni and the festering refugee camp that grew up along Greece's northern border after this was closed had dominated global headlines. The tent city is now gone but, according to ...

Greece’s economy surprised to the upside in the first quarter, but tumultuous debt talks threaten to stoke fresh bouts of volatility for a country still reeling from a devastating financial crisis. The Hellenic Republic posted first-quarter growth of 0.4 ...

On Friday night in Greece a wooden vessel carrying 120 migrants was discovered in the marine area of Karpathos. A passenger on the boat made an emergency 112 call that alerted authorities that the vessel and its passengers were in danger of sinking. In the rescue effort three port vessels located the distressed boat, which had experienced […]

For several months after the autumn of 2015, the sleepy village of Idomeni and the refugee camp that grew up along Greece’s northern border after this was closed and had dominated global headlines. The tent city is now gone but, according to archaeologists, Idomeni and the Axios River valley have always been an important north-south route […]

The mayor of Antipaxos raised serious doubts that Hollywood start Will Smith and his family gathered twenty two bags of litter from several beaches of the island as daughter Willow Smith had posted about. The mayor implies that the story is exaggerated. “That’s exaggerated!” mayor Spyros Vlahopoulos told a Greek lifestyle magazine on Friday, after … The post “Exaggerated!” Antipaxos mayor doubts Will Smith & family collected 22 bags of litter appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

Zucchini is the new sweet Potato and it is being used in just about everything. In fact I actually paid $14 for a plate of Zucchini fries and Aioli a few weeks ago. Yes they were nice, but It’s time to add a few more Zucchini dishes at home. I am ...

NEW YORK – Bishop Andoniosof Phasiane, Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in an interview with The National Herald about the preliminary audit […] The post Bishop Andonios to TNH “We are Not going to Cover up” Anything appeared first on The National Herald.

ATHENS – What is it like to play chess with Garry Kasparov? Fifteen chess champions, ages 10-12, will have this unique experience in a simultaneous […] The post Garry Kasparov Plays Chess with Greece’s Younger Generation appeared first on The National Herald.

The ongoing debate of if and when will black sororities as fraternities will “change” and embrace the LGBTQ communities is one that has been periodically causing the leadership to clutch their pearls and tighten up their ties in hopes this subject does ...

Jada Pinkett Smith and her daughter Willow are back home after a beautiful vacation! The mother-daughter duo were spotted making their way through LAX airport on Thursday (June 22) in Los Angeles. Earlier in the week, Jada and Willow enjoyed a beach ...

Environment and Energy Minister George Stathakis on Friday approved a second proposal for hydrocarbon exploration in western Greece, submitted by Energean Oil & Gas, as well as a proposal by the Total, Exxon Mobil and Hellenic Petroleum consortium to ...

Bye-bye Skopelos. The sequel to the box office smash hit film Mamma Mia! is set to be filmed on the Croatian island of Vis this autumn. The Mamma Mia! sequel, which will be titled ‘Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again’ and is expected again to feature its all ...

NEW YORK (ANA) – Greece’s economy will show a strong recovery in 2017, reaching growth rates as high as 2 pct of GDP for the first […] The post Greece to See Robust Growth in 2017, Papadimitriou Tells NY Investment Forum appeared first on The National Herald.

PATRAS, Greece – The municipality of Patras is holding a protest rally against unemployment on Sunday (June 25), to demand measures to protect the unemployed and […] The post Municipality of Patras Plans Protest Rally Against Unemployment on Rio-Antirrio Bridge appeared first on The National Herald.

ATHENS (ANA) – Greece seeks a just and viable solution for Cyprus as soon as possible, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Friday, during his address […] The post Pavlopoulos: We Seek a Just and Viable Solution for Cyprus, as soon as Possible appeared first on The National Herald.

NEW YORK – The United States Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey R. Pyatt and Greek-American candidate for New York City Mayor Nicole Malliotakis met in New […] The post US Ambassador to Greece Pyatt, NYC Mayoral Candidate Malliotakis Meet in NY appeared first on The National Herald.

Ten years after the original Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, the sequel to the popular musical comedy Mamma Mia! by Phyllida Lloyd will begin filming on a remote island of Croatia this autumn, filmneweurope.com reports and adds: According to local media ...

Big bags, small bags. Black bags, blue bags and supermarket bags. Closed bags and open bags. They all pile up on the streets of Athens and other cities across the country. Municipality workers have been on strike since last Sunday, the government tries to ...

Source: sgtreport.com - Friday, June 23, 2017 by Susan Jones, CNSnews : The U.S. State Department is calling on Turkey’s government to “preserve the Hagia Sophia in a way that respects its complex history.” The magnificent building began life as an Orthodox Christian church in the 6th century; it was converted into a mosque in the mid-1400s; and it has been functioning as a museum since 1935, as Turkey’s leaders established a secular democracy. But things are changing under Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who gained new powers in an April referendum and is embracing Islamic nationalism. Here’s the exchange that took place Thursday at the State Department; Reporter from Mega TV, Greece: “The president of Turkey wants to turn the Saint Sophia Church in Istanbul to a mosque. Yesterday they hold Muslim prayers in the church and some government officials attended these services. And I wanted to know the State Department position on this.” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert: “The site, Hagia Sophia, is a site of extraordinary significance and we understand that, we respect that. So we call on the Turkish government to preserve the Hagia Sophia in a way that respects its complex history.” Reporter: “Does that mean you’re opposed to the idea of turning it into a mosque?” Nauet: “I’m not saying that at all. It’s a complex history, and we recognize that it is of great significance to other faiths, many faiths, and so we would just encourage the Turkish government to All Related